The Trinity and creation in Augustine : an ecological analysis / Scott A. Dunham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunham, Scott A., 1968-

Series:

SUNY series on religion and the environment.

SUNY series on religion and the environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trinity--History of doctrines.

Trinity.

Creation--History of doctrines.

Creation.

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Augustine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Looks at Augustine's theology in light of environmental concerns.

Contents:

The contemporary critique of Augustine

The forms of eastern and western Trinitarian thought

Augustine's western form of the Trinity : modalism

The Trinity and the doctrine of creation : cause and effect

The scriptural basis of Augustine's Trinitarian doctrine

Augustine's doctrine of the Trinity

Subordinationism and the divine missions

Monarchy, simplicity, and relations of origin : Augustine's Trinitarian logic

Modalism

Augustine and hierarchy in the Trinity

Hierarchy and the Trinitarian relations

Hierarchy and the divine substance

The Trinitarian founding of creation

The structure of The literal meaning of Genesis

Naming the Trinity in Genesis 1

How the Trinity founds the creation

How the Trinity converts and perfects creatures

Trinitarian governance and creaturely participation in God

Participation in Augustine's theology

God's providential governance and creaturely motion

Participation in the Trinity through measure, number, and weight

Formless matter and the question of passivity

Resting in God, the image of God, and dominion

Resting in God

Use and enjoyment

The work of human dominion and the image of God

Dominion and power.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-189) and indexes.

ISBN:

0-7914-7794-0

1-4356-6690-9

OCLC:

310122386